GirlVentures

GirlVentures is... Trailblazing Futures! On September 22, 2024, GirlVentures is celebrating our 27th year with a lovely sunset gala! While enjoying delicious food, great music, and a very mission aligned auction, you will be inspired by our program participants and and instructors, sharing their GV experiences. We will celebrate the empowerment and community created by GirlVentures one-of-a-kind courses. You have the opportunity to support GV, and witness the impact of GirlVentures on the lives of our past, current, and future program participants. Details in the link below! Sunday September 22, 2024, 4-8 pm Corica Park Golf Course One Clubhouse Memorial Road Alameda, CA 94502 For more information and to purchase tickets please visit this page https://lnkd.in/gXx4yU6H Cori Coccia Tryka Orbin D Tryka Xiomara B. Genevieve Gandal

Did you know that GirlVentures has a newsletter? We would be thrilled to have you as a subscriber! We only message you 1-2 times per month unless we have something real special we can't wait to share…. And that is happening soon! We have a discount offer coming from a local outdoor supply business that is only for subscribers to the GirlVentures newsletter! If you haven’t signed up yet, now is the perfect time so you can enjoy this limited discount. To sign up, please head to https://lnkd.in/gkqVycrw.

Apply by May 19th to join our Board of Directors! We are looking for individuals rooted in the Bay Area with a passion for inspiring girls and gender expansive youth to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery, and collective action. Ready to apply? Click here: https://lnkd.in/g2dzykJp or go here for more information -https://lnkd.in/gB-WJXYz We look forward to hearing from you!

GirlVentures would like your feedback! If you have 5 minutes or less to complete a survey from us, we would appreciate it! Please head to the GirlVentures LinkTree and share your thoughts -https://lnkd.in/dX7xK9up

The founders of GirlVentures discovered that outdoor education, and more specifically single-gender outdoor education, fosters the qualities that girls need to face the challenges posed by the transition to adulthood.  GirlVentures was founded as Bay Area Girls Center, an organization focused on empowering adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths through developing courage in the form of physical courage, emotional courage, creative-expressive courage.  As the years have moved on, we have expanded beyond serving cis identified girls and young women and have also grown to be a safe place for youth with various identities on the gender spectrum. We are grateful for that opportunity to grow and expand and be more inclusive. As we move forward in another year of serving the community, we look back with gratitude and joy and all the adventures up to now!

GirlVentures is hiring for the summer! GirlVentures is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides opportunities for girls, gender non-conforming and trans youth to develop outdoor skills and environmental awareness, explore identity and social justice, and expand their leadership capacity to become emboldened change agents in their communities.  GirlVentures Instructors are the core of GirlVentures programming.  We seek individuals who have experience leading and managing risk on backpacking, climbing,  and kayaking adventures with youth as well as those who have the empathy and self-awareness to responsibly manage complex dynamics and conversations about race, identity, and gender in demographically mixed groups of students and staff teams.  GirlVentures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and we will be prioritizing local applicants for this in person position. GirlVentures is committed to inclusion and diversity, and welcomes inquiries from all interested applicants. BIPOC individuals and those identifying as LGBTQ+ are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. For more information, please visit girlventures.org and click on the Get Involved tab. Application Deadline April 1, 2024. All positions are open until filled.

GirlVentures is now accepting participant applications for all courses! Our Spring Courses are Girls* Climb On and Explore Outside. Girls* Climb On is an after-school or weekend rock climbing mentorship program for youth in 6th - 10th grade in Oakland and San Francisco locations. Explore Outside is a weekend outdoor program exploring the coastal ecology of Point Reyes National Seashore and developing kayaking skills on Tomales Bay and the San Francisco Bay. We have 6 Summer Courses, including 2 Affinity Courses for youth entering grades 6th -12th. All program information can be found at https://lnkd.in/gpE6k2DP

🌟PARTNER HIGHLIGHT🌟 Thank you to Touchstone Climbing Pac Pipe and Movement San Francisco for supporting our school year program, Girls* Climb On! We are so grateful for these gyms! GCO helps participants build strength and technique in climbing, and centers around reflective curriculum that deepens and builds on the experience of trust involved in the sport of climbing. — Interested in partnering with GirlVentures? Reach out to [email protected]. *GirlVentures believes in practicing radical inclusivity. We serve gender expansive youth (cis girls, trans girls, trans boys, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth and any girl-identified youth). #GirlVentures #Adventure #Discovery #Action #Nonprofit #Community #OutdoorEquity #OutdoorEducation #OutdoorAdventure #SocialEmotionalLearning #Inclusivity

🧗🏽♀️ It’s almost time for the Girls* Climb On program start! Girls Climb On is designed for youth in grades 6-9. Participants climb at Movement in San Francisco or Touchstone Climbing (Pacific Pipe) in Oakland. The emphasis of this program is bouldering, building strength, technique, and group support. Each youth is paired one-on-one with an adult mentor to learn climbing and belaying skills in an expansive gym environment. Do you know someone that may be interested? There's still time to sign up for GCO. Visit https://lnkd.in/gkhehnfs to register today! *GirlVentures believes in practicing radical inclusivity. We serve gender expansive youth (cis girls, trans girls, trans boys, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth and any girl-identified youth). #GirlVentures #Adventure #Discovery #Action #Nonprofit #Community #OutdoorEquity #OutdoorEducation #OutdoorAdventure #SocialEmotionalLearning #Inclusivity